Dianna Aleksandrovna "Dina" Korzun (Russian: Диа́нна Алекса́ндровна "Ди́на" Ко́рзун; born 13 April 1971) is a Russian actress.

Dina Korzun
Born (1971-04-13) 13 April 1971 (age 53)
Smolensk, RSFSR, USSR
Occupation(s)Actress, artist
Years active1994–present
AwardsNika Award - 1999
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
WebsiteDina Korzun.com

Life and career

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Korzun was born in Smolensk. She graduated from secondary school and Art school, studied ballet and modern dancing. After graduation from the Moscow Art Theatre School, she was invited to join the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, where she was a stage actress (1996–2000). Her major roles were Katerina in Storm, She in I Can't Imagine Tomorrow, and Helena in Midsummer Night's Dream. Korzun made her screen debut in Valery Todorovsky's Country of the Deaf[1] (1998) as Yaya, a deaf and mentally ill young woman.

Her other significant role is Tanya in Last Resort (2000) by Paweł Pawlikowski, for which she won the Best actress prize at the British Independent Film Awards (Best Newcomer on screen), London Film Festival (FIPRESCI Prize), Bratislava International Film Festival, Gijón International Film Festival, and Thessaloniki Film Festival.

In 2006, Korzun was nominated for the Best Female Lead at the Independent Spirit Award for her role in Forty Shades of Blue as Laura, a young Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older musician partner. In 2009, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for the movie Cold Souls.

In 2006, Korzun co-founded the Podari Zhizn charity foundation, which helps children suffering from oncological and hematological diseases.[2]

Personal life

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Korzun speaks Russian and English fluently and has acted in both of these languages.

Recognition

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She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 Country of the Deaf Yaya
2000 The President And His Granddaughter Tanya
2000 Citizen of the head Larissa Lushnikova TV series
2000 Last Resort Tanya
2002 The theory of binge Svetik
2002 Road Anna
2003 No matter how well Marina TV
2004 Marfa
2005 Forty Shades of Blue Laura
2005 Female Novel Zhenya TV series
2007 Kuka Lena
2008 The Brothers Karamazov Katerina Hohlakova TV series
2008 The subscriber is temporarily unavailable Lana Mini-series
2009 Farewell Alina
2009 Mediator Killers wife
2009 Cold Souls Nina
2009 Russian cross Maria Mini-series
2012 After school Zara, mother Frida, the artist TV series
2013 It all started in Harbin Matryona, mother of Boris and Volodya Eybozhenko TV series
2014 Son Mini-series
2016 Peaky Blinders Grand Duchess Izabella Petrovna Series 3

References

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  1. ^ "Дина Корзун (Dina Korzun): фильмография, фото, биография. Актёр". www.ivi.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  2. ^ Podari.Life. Who we are
  3. ^ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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